Chnonodemar of Villanterio

Chnonodemar of Villanterio (519-585) was a noble of the Kingdom of the Lombards. Chnonodemar helped to establish Lombard control of northern Italy by leading the Lombards to victory at the Battle of Marudum and the siege of Laus Pompeia.

Biography
Chnonodemar was born to the Germanic Lombards, a tribe of warriors from northeastern Germany. In 568 AD he was one of the commanders of the Lombard hordes that invaded the Byzantine Empire in Italy, and he besieged Laus Pompeia (Lodi) that year. When a Byzantine army came out to stop his siege, he defeated them at the Battle of Marudum, and Chnonodemar accepted the surrender of the Laus Pompeia garrison commander Thomas. He died in 585 at the age of 66.